PINANGA
LPG Area:
Distribution:
Approximately 120 species ranging from the Himalayas & South China to New Guinea, with greatest diversity in the wet areas of the Sunda shelf
 
   
P. insignis, May 2006
P. adangensis    
     
 
     
P. barnesii    
     

 
     
August 2006
 
November 2006
     
P. caesia

Juvenile P. caesia "volunteer", April 2006

 

Self germinated seedlings ("volunteers") of P. caesia

April 2006

     

The spent bract from a P. caesia, April 2006

 

 

July 2006

April 2006
   

October 2006

 

November 2006

November 2006
P. coronata    
P. coronata volunteer seedlings, October 2006
 
 
Infructescence of P. coronata with ripe seeds, November 2005
     

 

Pinanga coronata volunteer seedling. The seed from the parent plant nearby dropped in this lavarock crack, and began to grow. There is no soil whatsoever. As of May 2006, the palm was about 6 ft tall.

     
P. disticha    

December 2006
 

 

 

P. insignis

June 2006

 

 
December 2006
     
P. philippinensis    
November 2005
     
 

June 2006

     
 

     
September 2006
     
P. speciosa
 

 

Infructescence on P. speciosa with ripe seeds

November 2005

 
     
     
 

May 2006

     

July 2006

 
     
 

November 2006

P. sobalifera
 
June 2006
 
November 2006